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Subject:	Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:06:23 GMT
Original-From:	steve <sjbaker1@airmail=IHateSpam=.net>
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Ka-On Lee wrote: > In lugnet.robotics, Dennis Clark wrote: > > > > "Exclusive to the MINDSTORMS Education NXT software, Bluetooth also enables the > > > computer to communicate to several NXT devices at the same time." > > > > Well, THAT sure stinks. What's the deal on that? Have we hobbyists become > > second class LEGO citizens to the educational market? Why even bother to have > > two different release trails? > > > It's probably a software cost issue. National Instrument would want more money > for the more capable version of the software. I would bet good money that more hobbyists will want to have multiple NXT's talking to each other than educationalists. I can see LegOS (or something similar in concept) implementing bluetooth drivers. I can't see myself using Lego software on this thing.

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		Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
(...) I can, for at least two reasons: (a) It will likely exist at ship-time. I don't know that the same can be said of a BrickOS port (or a NQC port, which is actually where I'd like to go). (b) The LEGO software may be able to do a lot of things, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: How many people signed up for the NXT Developer's Program?
(...) It's probably a software cost issue. National Instrument would want more money for the more capable version of the software. (21 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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